Improvement in hand-stamps



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JOHN WALTERS, OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM O.

' IEIIOKOK,Y OFHARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent' No. 112,s71,'da1ed Marc-11 21, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAND-STAMPS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

I, JOHN WALTERS, of Norfolk, in1 the county of Norfolk and State of Virginia,v have:V invented certain Improvements in the Hand-Tool for Pagingand Lettering, of which the following isa specification.

Nature and Objects of the Invention.'

My invention relates to the hand-tool of bookbinders and others for paging and lettering, in which the adjustable type are: secured in position in the head of the tool by means of a thumb-screw and My invention consists in the `combination of a slide, a spring, and a lever with the h eadof the tool, substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter set forth.

Description of the Accompanying Drawing.

General Description.

Ihe type-end of the head A has an' open rectangular recess, .a',between its two ends, a" a', for. the reception of the slide B, spring O, and typed).

Through the front side of the head A (see iig. 1)'

there is a slot 4 4parallel with the recessed or open .f

edge of the same.

The slide IST corresponds in width and height with the width and height of the recess. a', and is about half the length of the latter, or of such a length` as will allow space for the type D between its one end and a", and also space between its opposite end and a', for the compression by and reaction of the spring O upon the slide B.

The'springO is a series of spiralv coils, one end of which is inserted in a-hole, made for the purpose, in that'end of the slide B,a nd its other end beurs against I the end c of the recess a'.

The lever E has its fulcrumfpin, e', screwed ixedly into the front side of the head A, with its slotted weight-end pivoted tothe slide B by a screw, e, which passes freely through the slot 4 4 in A into the slide, and arranged in such a manner that, when the type are held in place by the pressure of the spring O upon the slide B, the power-end of the said 'lever E will extend obliquely downward and outward from the handle F below the head of the tool. i

The slide B is retained steadily in the recess aby means of two-headed screws, 5 5, which slide in the slot 4 4 when the slide B is moved.,

Claim.

5I claim as my invention-4f A slide B, spring O, and lever E, in combination with the head A of ahand-tool for paging and lettering, substantially as .and for the purpose hcreinbefore set forth.

JOHN. WALTERS.

Witnesses:

GEORGE JONES, T. W. SWANK.. 

